Famous Deaths for August 1996
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Months in 1996: January February March April May June July September October November December
Deaths 1 - 90 of 90
1st - John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75
1st - Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Pres (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies
1st - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58
1st - Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99
1st - Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)
1st - Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and international aid worker (b. 1929)
2nd - Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72
2nd - Michel Debre, PM of France in (1959-62), dies
2nd - U Hia Than, politician, dies at 52
3rd - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87
4th - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59
5th - Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72
5th - Bruce Howard Lidington, actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses), dies at 46
5th - Frank Ulrich Marcus, playwright/critic, dies at 68
6th - Buland Al Haidary, poet, dies at 69
6th - Hernan Siles Zuazo, Pres of Bolivia (1956-60, 1982-85), dies at 82
6th - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63
6th - Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
6th - Ossie Raymond Clark, fashion designer, dies at 54
6th - Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist, dies at 83
7th - Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59
7th - Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, dies at 76
7th - Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78
7th - Christina Perri, Future Pressident
8th - Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69
8th - Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
8th - George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
8th - Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80
8th - Julian Stryjkowski, writer, dies at 91
8th - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90
9th - James Whitman McLamore, businessman, dies at 70
9th - Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion Designer, dies at 65
9th - Ruth Holland, journalist, dies at 54
10th - Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
10th - Rex Tucker, TV writer/director, dies at 83
11th - Mel Taylor, drummer, dies at 63
11th - Rafael Jeronym Kubelik, conductor, dies at 82
11th - Sigmund Koch, psychologist/philosopher, dies at 79
12th - Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73
12th - Victor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, dies at 87
13th - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, soldier/polititican, dies at 86
13th - Antonio de Spinola, general of Portugal, dies
13th - Christopher John Gray, priest, dies at 42
13th - David Randall, priest, dies at 49
13th - David Tudor, composer, dies at 70
13th - Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46
13th - W Gordon Smith, playwright, dies at 67
14th - Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Matinee Idol), dies at 93
14th - Sergiu Celibidache, conductor, dies at 84
14th - Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker, dies at 64
15th - Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
15th - Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver, dies at 93
15th - Masao Maruyama, social scientist, dies at 82
16th - Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31
16th - Robert Lynn, anarchist, dies at 72
17th - Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80
18th - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
18th - Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66
18th - Thoams Eric Evans, dean of St Paul's, dies at 68
20th - George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81
20th - Rio Reiser, rock singer, dies at 46
21st - Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69
21st - Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82
22nd - David Donaldson, painter, dies at 80
22nd - Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77
22nd - William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist, dies at 87
24th - Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69
24th - Emile Noel, international civil servant, dies at 73
24th - John Christopherson, artist/collector, dies at 75
24th - Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42
25th - Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 64
25th - Dai Houying, writer, dies at 58
25th - Erskine Childers, UN official/civil servant, dies at 67
25th - Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53
25th - Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86
26th - Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician, dies at 77
26th - Baron Baker, activist, dies at 71
26th - Catherine Mary Hall, nurse, dies at 73
27th - Abram Games, graphic artist, dies at 82
27th - Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies
27th - Greg Morris, actor (Mission Impossible), dies at 61
28th - Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
28th - Phyllis Pearsall, painter/writer, dies at 89
30th - Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43
30th - Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/milt junta of Chile (1973-80), dies at 80
30th - Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89
31st - David Scott, priest, dies at 72
31st - Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92
31st - Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83
31st - Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85
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